[mythtv-theming] problems using the 'depends' attribute in recordings-ui

[Jim Stichnoth]

On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Ted Verhagen <ted.verhagen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I need some help with the depends attribute which I'm trying to use in
> recordings-ui to do the following:
>
> Depending whether coverart is available, I want to change the lay-out
> of the screen. In order to archive this, I've created 2 groups with a
> set of the same widgets in them which will be positioned differently
> depending on the availability of the coverart. In this way I can make
> the screen look the same for recordings with coverart as the video
> library (in the managed view) and keep the original layout for
> recordings without the coverart.
>
> I've created two screenshots as an example for what I am trying to do:
>
> http://code.google.com/p/mythmediastream/downloads/detail?name=Recordings_CoverArt_Layout.png&can=2&q=
> http://code.google.com/p/mythmediastream/downloads/detail?name=Recordings_NoCoverArt_Layout.png&can=2&q=
>
> My problem is that when ever the screen switches between the coverart
> layout and the non-coverart layout (as a result of the depends
> attribute), all the text widgets are not showing the contents of the
> recording item which is currently selected in the buttonlist. Instead
> they are containing the contents of the item which was first selected
> in the previous screen layout. Whenever I move to the next recording
> item in the same layout as the previous one, the text widgets are
> showing the right contents again (i.e. matching the recording item
> selected in the buttonlist). This is not applicable for the coverart
> and preview images as the are showing the right contents for the
> recording item selected in the buttonlist when switching between the
> two layouts.
>
> I uploaded a copy of recordings-ui.xml file containing the code I
> used. I'm currently developing for 0.26  and haven't tried trunk yet
> to see whether it produces the same problem, but do believe that this
> will not make any difference as I had the same problem on 0.25. Please
> checkout the develop branch of my git repository:
>
> http://code.google.com/p/mythmediastream/source/browse/MythMediaStream/recordings-ui.xml?name=develop
>
> I'm not sure if I did use the depends attribute correctly or that this
> is a bug in one of the mythtv ui libraries.
>
> Anyone having an idea of what I'm doing wrong? Any help is much appreciated.

Ted,

Is it possible that this is the same issue Yeechang reported in
http://code.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/11031 ?

Jim